As humans, we need a hospitable environment to live. Unlike other species, we use technology to shape our environment to our liking. The question is whether or not our actions are having a lasting and detrimental effect on the Earth's environment. Since humans use science to understand the natural world, we will try in this unit to come to a credible answer to the question above.
Below are two videos that express this controversy. Use the discussion area to suggest ways that we could evaluate these videos to determine what we should believe about man's impact on the Earth's climate.
Is Climate Change a Myth?
As humans, we need a hospitable environment to live. Unlike other species, we use technology to shape our environment to our liking. The question is whether or not our actions are having a lasting and detrimental effect on the Earth's environment. Since humans use science to understand the natural world, we will try in this unit to come to a credible answer to the question above.
Below are two videos that express this controversy. Use the discussion area to suggest ways that we could evaluate these videos to determine what we should believe about man's impact on the Earth's climate.